Written answers
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
- Respite Care Services
138. To ask the Minister for Health if longer respite will be provided for the child of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27458/14] - Medical Card Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 209, 210, 211 and 212 of 4 June 2014, when the information requested will issue; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the community care services being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27429/14] - Hospital Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the current position regarding the staffing arrangements pertaining to nursing, psychology and dietetics for IBD patients at Our... - Medical Card Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Health if spinal cord injury will be one of the eligible long-term illnesses that will be included in the new medical card assessment framework; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27441/14] - Hospital Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 26 March 2014, if he is satisfied that sufficient resources, including resources for theatre availability for... - Health Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to pay for the transportation of a nursing home resident (details supplied) and a companion to allow them to move to... - Home Help Service Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27448/14] - Medical Card Reviews
148. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a review of the decision to only grant a GP visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Medical Card Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27450/14] - Medical Card Reviews
151. To ask the Minister for Health when a review of eligibility for medical card, previously refused on the grounds of income will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Health Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 890 of 27 May 2014, if he will further examine the case in view of the concern of the parents and recognising the need to... - Ambulance Service Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance-AP shifts that have been dropped at each ambulance base nationwide in each of the past six months; the implications of these dropped... - Ambulance Service Response Times
154. To ask the Minister for Health the latest available ambulance response time figures and first responder figures and corresponding year to date figures; the total number of calls in each... - Infectious Disease Screening Service
155. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has given consideration to a rapid, reliable and cost-effective HIV test (details supplied) which has been available in the UK... - Medical Card Reviews
156. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare in view of the decision of 17 June regarding discretionary... - Medical Card Drugs
157. To ask the Minister for Health if an epidural injection is covered under the medical card scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27462/14] - Hospital Bed Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the provision of dedicated beds in Beaumont Hospital for cystic fibrosis sufferers, when additional beds will be provided; his views of a... - Medical Card Drugs
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the continued use of Fampyra within the community drugs scheme to treat multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
161. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the various illnesses included on the long-term illness list; if chronic kidney disease will be included on the long-term list under any... - Nursing Home Accommodation
162. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being made to prevent a future nursing home crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/14] - Medical Card Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27484/14] - Medical Card Reviews
164. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms he will put in place to reimburse families who were forced to cover the cost of their medical care following the withdrawal of their medical... - Hospital Waiting Lists
165. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27487/14] - Health Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessement of needs in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the posts which were sanctioned but not filled in child and adolescent mental health services as of 12 March 2014, which were... - Data Protection
172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the way data protection affects the sharing of information between Tusla and the Health Service Executive; and if consent given to one entity is... - Medical Card Reviews
173. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be re-instated in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan with a serious medical condition; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he has had discussions with general practitioners in the context of resolving any outstanding issues of mutual concern; and if he will make... - Departmental Budgets
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the budget in respect of his Department for the current year is likely to be adequate to meet in full the provision of the range of... - Health Services Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which staffing levels remain adequate throughout the public health service with particular reference to doctors, nurses and the various... - EU Directives
180. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the working hours for junior hospital doctors are being brought into line with EU requirements; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the budget in respect of mental health services in the current year is deemed adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which continuous monitoring takes place of the ambulance services with particular reference to the need to ensure compliance with appropriate... - Hospital Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the remaining development stages in respect of Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare, remain on course; the full extent of the... - Services for People with Disabilities
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a contact name or family liaison person or telephone contact for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to advise parents of adults with a... - Mental Health Services Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the embargo on the recruitment of psychiatric nurses and ongoing staffing shortages within the mental health services in County Kerry;... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
186. To ask the Minister for Health when he will approve extra nursing staff for Wexford Hospital; his views that with the opening of the new accident and emergency department that such extra... - Hospital Waiting Lists
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford had at least eight appointments for treatment cancelled and in view of the seriousness of the... - Home Care Packages
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is to lose their home care package of three hours per week at the end of June; and if he will make a... - HSE Reports
189. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the PA Consulting Group's report of 30 August 2013 entitled Defining Financial Management: A Finance Operating Model for Health in... - Medical Card Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has not issued from the Health Service Executive on an over 70s medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
191. To ask the Minister for Health when and the way the Health Service Executive is to clear the waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management clinic; if additional... - Services for People with Disabilities
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the amount spent on commissioning therapists in private practice to undertake assessments under the assessment of need... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term illness card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - General Practitioner Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the provision of a doctor in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Health Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27585/14]
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